Alexander Belov

In a Russian country house, two boys, Anton and Zhenya, shoot air rifles at bottles. Anton suddenly fires at a cat, shocking Zhenya. Their friendship becomes strained. That evening, Anton's father takes them to the river and recalls his own childhood, when he built a forest shelter together with a friend. As night falls, Anton tries to reconcile, but Zhenya rejects his friendship. The next day, at the bus stop, they part without speaking, their silence filled with unspoken tension and guilt.

A century ago, a loving son asked for his heart to be cut from his chest after his death and buried beside his mother. Today, when his mother collapses in front of him, another son wishes her dead so that he can return to his video games. But the game puts his own heart on trial, forcing him to answer one impossible question: is he a loving son? This hybrid essay about my mother, shot on 16mm, combines archival footage, expressionist staging, autofiction and video-game animation.

A person loses something very important. A friend who was always there, who was ready to help and support in these difficult times. A friend who couldn't be saved. A friend who is being buried in tears, and then remembered over a drunken feast with kind words. This friend is a TV.

Sitting under an umbrella on a sunny autumn day, a shy teenage vampire tries to strike up a conversation with a girl who is an artist.

The Republic of Palau is an island nation associated with the United States, located in the Philippine Sea of ​​the Pacific Ocean, 800 km east of the Philippines and north of Indonesia.

Two small-town actors are heading Moscow to an audition for Helya's and Victor's parts in "Warsaw Melody" by Leonid Zorin. As they drive, they rehearse their parts.

In a Russian country house, two boys, Anton and Zhenya, shoot air rifles at bottles. Anton suddenly fires at a cat, shocking Zhenya. Their friendship becomes strained. That evening, Anton's father takes them to the river and recalls his own childhood, when he built a forest shelter together with a friend. As night falls, Anton tries to reconcile, but Zhenya rejects his friendship. The next day, at the bus stop, they part without speaking, their silence filled with unspoken tension and guilt.

In a Russian country house, two boys, Anton and Zhenya, shoot air rifles at bottles. Anton suddenly fires at a cat, shocking Zhenya. Their friendship becomes strained. That evening, Anton's father takes them to the river and recalls his own childhood, when he built a forest shelter together with a friend. As night falls, Anton tries to reconcile, but Zhenya rejects his friendship. The next day, at the bus stop, they part without speaking, their silence filled with unspoken tension and guilt.

A century ago, a loving son asked for his heart to be cut from his chest after his death and buried beside his mother. Today, when his mother collapses in front of him, another son wishes her dead so that he can return to his video games. But the game puts his own heart on trial, forcing him to answer one impossible question: is he a loving son? This hybrid essay about my mother, shot on 16mm, combines archival footage, expressionist staging, autofiction and video-game animation.

A century ago, a loving son asked for his heart to be cut from his chest after his death and buried beside his mother. Today, when his mother collapses in front of him, another son wishes her dead so that he can return to his video games. But the game puts his own heart on trial, forcing him to answer one impossible question: is he a loving son? This hybrid essay about my mother, shot on 16mm, combines archival footage, expressionist staging, autofiction and video-game animation.

A person loses something very important. A friend who was always there, who was ready to help and support in these difficult times. A friend who couldn't be saved. A friend who is being buried in tears, and then remembered over a drunken feast with kind words. This friend is a TV.

A person loses something very important. A friend who was always there, who was ready to help and support in these difficult times. A friend who couldn't be saved. A friend who is being buried in tears, and then remembered over a drunken feast with kind words. This friend is a TV.

A person loses something very important. A friend who was always there, who was ready to help and support in these difficult times. A friend who couldn't be saved. A friend who is being buried in tears, and then remembered over a drunken feast with kind words. This friend is a TV.

Sitting under an umbrella on a sunny autumn day, a shy teenage vampire tries to strike up a conversation with a girl who is an artist.

Sitting under an umbrella on a sunny autumn day, a shy teenage vampire tries to strike up a conversation with a girl who is an artist.

The Republic of Palau is an island nation associated with the United States, located in the Philippine Sea of ​​the Pacific Ocean, 800 km east of the Philippines and north of Indonesia.

The Republic of Palau is an island nation associated with the United States, located in the Philippine Sea of ​​the Pacific Ocean, 800 km east of the Philippines and north of Indonesia.

Two small-town actors are heading Moscow to an audition for Helya's and Victor's parts in "Warsaw Melody" by Leonid Zorin. As they drive, they rehearse their parts.

Two small-town actors are heading Moscow to an audition for Helya's and Victor's parts in "Warsaw Melody" by Leonid Zorin. As they drive, they rehearse their parts.

Term paper by Alexander Belov, VGIK student.

Term paper by Alexander Belov, VGIK student.

Lonely and eccentric resident of panel building, who keeps eye on order in stairwell, stumbles upon wrongly placed missing cat poster for cat named Bubbles. He decides to tear it down, but poster reappears again and again. This struggle against disorder becomes his routine, until one day poster disappears.

Lonely and eccentric resident of panel building, who keeps eye on order in stairwell, stumbles upon wrongly placed missing cat poster for cat named Bubbles. He decides to tear it down, but poster reappears again and again. This struggle against disorder becomes his routine, until one day poster disappears.